AI Maestro Agent Management

Purpose

Manage AI agents through the AI Maestro CLI. This skill provides commands for creating, updating, deleting, hibernating, and waking agents. It also handles plugin management and agent import/export.

CRITICAL: This is an Agent Management Skill

This skill is for managing other agents, not for inter-agent communication (use agent-messaging skill for that).

CLI Script

Script: aimaestro-agent.sh (Bash, macOS/Linux)

Installation: ./install-agent-cli.sh

Requirements: macOS or Linux, Bash 4.0+, tmux 3.0+, jq, curl

PART 1: AGENT LIFECYCLE

1. List Agents

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh list [--status online|offline|hibernated|all] [--format table|json|names] [-q|--quiet] [--json]

Examples: list, list --status online, list --format json, list -q

2. Show Agent Details

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh show <agent> [--format pretty|json]

3. Create Agent

--dir is required.

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh create <name> --dir <path> [options] [-- <program-args>...]

Options: -p/--program, -m/--model, -t/--task, --tags, --no-session, --no-folder, --force-folder

Examples:

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh create my-api --dir /Users/dev/projects/my-api
aimaestro-agent.sh create backend-service \
  --dir /Users/dev/projects/backend \
  --task "Implement user authentication with JWT" \
  --tags "api,auth,security"
aimaestro-agent.sh create debug-agent --dir /Users/dev/projects/debug -- --verbose --debug

4. Update Agent

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh update <agent> [options]

Options: -t/--task, -m/--model, --tags, --add-tag, --remove-tag, --args

Examples:

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh update backend-api --task "Focus on payment integration"
aimaestro-agent.sh update backend-api --add-tag "critical"
aimaestro-agent.sh update backend-api --args "--continue --chrome"

5. Delete Agent

Destructive operation. Requires --confirm.

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh delete <agent> --confirm [--keep-folder] [--keep-data]

6. Rename Agent

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh rename <old-name> <new-name> [--rename-session] [--rename-folder] [-y]

7. Hibernate Agent

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh hibernate <agent>

8. Wake Agent

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh wake <agent> [--attach]

9. Restart Agent

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh restart <agent> [--wait <seconds>]

Hibernates, waits (default 3s), then wakes. Cannot restart the current session.

10. Session Management

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh session add <agent> [--role <role>]
aimaestro-agent.sh session remove <agent> [--index <n>] [--all]
aimaestro-agent.sh session exec <agent> <command...>

PART 2: PLUGIN MANAGEMENT

11. Install Plugin

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh plugin install <agent> <plugin> [-s|--scope user|project|local] [--no-restart]

12. Uninstall Plugin

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh plugin uninstall <agent> <plugin> [-s|--scope user|project|local] [--force|-f]

13. Update Plugin

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh plugin update <agent> <plugin> [-s|--scope user|project|local]

14. Load Plugin (Session Only)

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh plugin load <agent> <path> [<path>...]

15. List Plugins

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh plugin list <agent>

16. Enable/Disable Plugins

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh plugin enable <agent> <plugin> [-s|--scope user|project|local]
aimaestro-agent.sh plugin disable <agent> <plugin> [-s|--scope user|project|local]

17. Validate Plugin

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh plugin validate <agent> <plugin-path>

18. Reinstall Plugin

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh plugin reinstall <agent> <plugin> [-s|--scope user|project|local]

19. Clean Plugin Cache

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh plugin clean <agent> [--dry-run|-n]

20. Plugin Marketplace

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh plugin marketplace list <agent>
aimaestro-agent.sh plugin marketplace add <agent> <source> [--no-restart]
aimaestro-agent.sh plugin marketplace remove <agent> <name> [--force|-f]
aimaestro-agent.sh plugin marketplace update <agent> [<name>]

Source formats: owner/repo, github:owner/repo, HTTPS/SSH Git URLs, #branch, local directory, remote URL.

Examples:

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh plugin marketplace add backend-api owner/repo
aimaestro-agent.sh plugin marketplace add backend-api https://github.com/o/r.git#v1.0.0
aimaestro-agent.sh plugin marketplace remove backend-api my-marketplace --force

PART 3: EXPORT/IMPORT

21. Export Agent

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh export <agent> [-o <output-file>]

Default output: <agent>.agent.json. Currently exports configuration only.

22. Import Agent

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh import <file> [--name <new-name>] [--dir <new-dir>]

PART 4: SKILL MANAGEMENT

23. List Skills (Registry)

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh skill list <agent>

24. Add Skill (Registry)

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh skill add <agent> <skill-id> [--type marketplace|custom] [--path <path>]

25. Remove Skill (Registry)

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh skill remove <agent> <skill-id>

26. Install Skill (Filesystem)

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh skill install <agent> <source> [-s|--scope user|project|local] [--name <name>]

Examples:

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh skill install my-agent ./my-skill.skill
aimaestro-agent.sh skill install my-agent ./path/to/skill-folder --scope project
aimaestro-agent.sh skill install backend-api ./debug-skill --scope local

27. Uninstall Skill (Filesystem)

bash
aimaestro-agent.sh skill uninstall <agent> <skill-name> [-s|--scope user|project|local]

Error Handling

Agent not found: aimaestro-agent.sh list to see available agents.

Script not found: Check which aimaestro-agent.sh and verify ~/.local/bin is in PATH.

API not running: curl http://localhost:23000/api/hosts/identity — start AI Maestro if down.

For detailed output formats, scenarios, troubleshooting, error table, and architecture, see references/REFERENCE.md.